Nigeria Poverty Assessment 2022
NON-MONETARY INDICATORS OF POVERTY OVERLAP SIGNIFICANTLY
WITH MONETARY POVERTY, AND TELL A SIMILAR SPATIAL STORY
Overlaps between different dimensions of poverty in Nigeria
in 2018/19, by north-south
Share deprived (percent)
South
0.8
5.2
3.2
2.9
10.7
4.6
17.9
22.9
North
3.8
2.0
2.9
31.9
17.1
10.5
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Non-monetary deprivation in terms of education
and basic infrastructure - including electricity,
water, and sanitation – is also widespread
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This means almost half (47.3 percent) of Nigerians
were multidimensionally poor in 2018/19
Like monetary poverty, non-monetary deprivations
are also more concentrated in northern Nigeria and
in rural areas
-Monetary poor
Education deprived -Infrastructure deprived
Note: Estimates exclude Borno. Poverty dimensions defined according to the 2020 World Bank Poverty and
Shared Prosperity Report.
Source: 2018/19 NLSS and World Bank calculations.
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As such, the overlap between different dimensions
of poverty is also large, especially in rural areas
and in the north - this has implications for
targeting programs
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